Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-01-21
Local News.

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@ Joseph Vivian, of this city, ha
/ secured position as doorkeeper of tn
| Assembly at Madison.
/ Alonzo Jacka came home from L
Mars, Iowa, on Tuesday last, for
visit with relatives and friends.
/ A farmers institute will be held a
the VI. Z. church in Maz0Maine OF
/ Tuesday and Wednesday Jan. % ant
| 26, 1887.
A winter session of the Wisconsin
Press Association will be held at Madi
son on Tuesday and Wednesday OF
next week.
The annual fair of the Southwestern
Wisconsin Industrial Association vii
be held at Mineral Point, Sept. 6, Z,
and 9, 1887.
The Democrat would be pleased t.
receive each week few news item!
from a correspondent from each tow
in the county.
The first sale of tobacco raised il
this vicinity was made on Monday b,
John r. Osborne to B. A. Uptmoor
of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The tobacco
was of the crop of 1885.
Eight skillful whist players-fom
from Dodgeville and four of this city
had a contest one night recently at DR.
Tallman's Office. The result was q
victory for the home players.
George H. Lustad, of Lancaster who
was seriously injured in the Pine Bluff
disaster recently, has brought suit
against the Chicago & Northwestern
railway for damages in the sum Of
$4,000.
The w. G. T. L. at Montfort has fit.
ted up a reading room. The Union
can do most effective work for TEN.
perance by establishing and maintain
ing reading rooms throughout the
country.
In another column will be found
testimonials of the excellent workman.
ship and skill of Dresser, the perfect
fitting tailor. Read them. AS will bt
seen from perusal of the testimonials
his work speaks for itself.
When the eyes become weak or the
lids inhamed and sore, and disordered
system or ScrOfulouS condition of the
blood is indicated, for which Ayers
Sarsaparilla, is the best remedy. II
invigorates and vitalizeS the blood and
expels all humors.
Among the passengers on the belat.
ed passenger train from Milwaukee al
GEO o'clock on Tuesday morning was
Mrs. VIM. LaEyon, ST.. She was on heI
return from Pittsburg, Kansas, where
she had been on an extended visit &c
her son Josiah and family.
n. X VanMatre is going into stock
raising quite extensively. He raises
Hereford cattle and Poland China
swine. He recently added to his herd
of swine pure bred SOW purchased
from the famous breeders, Spear &
Bond, New Vienna, Ohio.
William Berry, living northeast of
this city, reports a rapid increase in
the number of his stock during the
past week. On going to his barn on
Thursday morning he found a pair of
twin calves, and also another pair OF
twin calves on Friday morning; and he
says that it wasn't much of week for
calves either.
William Frederick Hartwig, of Brod-
head, died last Sunday. Just six
months before his death he fell from a
load of hay, striking on the back of
his neck in such way as to injure it,
causing total paralysis of the entire
body. 1t was thought at the time that
he could live but a day or two at the
most.
Judge NJ. NJ. Cothern and Cyrus
Lanyon have again entered into part
nership for the practice of law. These
well known attorneys and counSellors
have been connected in the law bust
ness most of the time during the past
twenty-five years. Their professional
card Will be found in another column
of this paper Their Office rooms are at
their old stand over the Post Office, next
door The Democrat office
The Farmer, the best agricultural
paper published, seems to be appreciat-
ed. The Wisconsin State Journal says
1.-The Farmer, st. Paul publication
devoted to the advancement of agricul-
ture in all its branches, and to the bust
ness, political and social interests OF
the farmer, is entitled to a liberal pat
ronage for it possesses the merit OF
presenting vast amount of useful in
formation to the agricultural classes il
bright, attractive form"
The Zine works are again in opera.
ton, after being shut down about on,
month to complete extensive improve
mentS commenced early last fall. Al
though the severe cold weather has
been great draw back, the work O
Improvement was pushed vigorousl,
right along from the start-a larg
force of men being at work every da,
regardless of the cold weather. TIL,
factory has been enlarged and com
pletely remodelled, and will doubles
be run at full capacity as before.
The Democrat office has exeellen
facilities for doing all work in the lin
of general job and book printing neatly
cheaply and promptly. A new stock o
paper. envelopes, cardboard. etc, ha
just been received; and now is a goot
time to leave orders for commercia
stationery. Letter heads, note head
and bill heads are put up in convenien
blocks or tablets. Mail orders ar
promptly attended to, and we guarantee
prices as low as the the same class o
work can be secured anywhere else.
The largest and most successful dane
ing party of the season was given b
the Legate Drum Corps on Wednesda
evening. Young people from Belmont
Dodgeville, Darlington, Mitiiin, Under
Waldwick and other places were in al
tendance-the entire party numberin
nearly one hundred couples. The mt
sic was furnished by Dresen's orchestr
and of course was first class. Tn
boys have been remarkably successft
in the matter of social hops. which
owing mainly to sklllful managemer
and earnest efforts on the part of men
bers of the corps,
Julius Zebarth gave twenty of th
young people of Linden sleigh-rid
to this city on Saturday last. 4 nun
Der of the excursionists visited tn
Democrat office and from them W
learned the names of the entire part
which are given below: Ella Hick